Command and conquer

J.K. Rowling in her book series Harry Potter presents us an enchanting, magical and mysterious world. Her first book of the series Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone, an incredible bestseller and multi award winner book.

The book is fill with many incredible stuff, from the beginning when Dumbledore steal the light of a street lamp, to the end, powers of the sorcerer’s stone. But the one that more amaze me is the wizard chess. Wizard chess is like our (muggle) chess, the pieces are the same, move the same and the board is the same. The only thing that’s not the same is that the game pieces are alive and they fight when it time to attack, when they are attack they are destroyed. ( which made it a lot like directing troops to battle199). Making the game more interesting and intense for the players. When I reed the book and discover the wizard chess, the normal chess change for me to an unexciting game with no fun. I still like chess but wizard chess far much better. The wizard chess involve you in the game so much you really think you are in the game fighting to kill the king.

Hogwarts is all about magic, wizard chess involve some magic but intelligence is what all is about. Harry and Ron are very involve into wizard chess; they play a lot in holidays. Ron is teaching Harry how to play it. Ron is one or the best wizard chess player in Hogwarts. All he need to do is develop a strategy and make the moves and win ( “Yes...”said Ron softly, “it’s the only way…I’ve got to be taken”. “That’s chess!” “Yougot to make some sacrifices! I take one step forward and she’ll take me-that leaves you free to checkmate the king, Harry!”283). Definitely wizard chess is an important game in the novel. As a game and the plot. The entire novel is like a chess game. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid and Dumbledore are pieces, while Malfoy, Crabbe, Doyle, Quirrell and Voldemort are the enemies. The troops of good are command by Dumbledore, he give Harry, Ron, Hermione clues, and help them with the invisible cloak to move by move defeat Voldemort evil plan to come back with a body.

Voldemort use Quirrell to make his moves, try to kill Harry at the quidditch game, slay the defenseless unicorns to drink their blood to keep Voldemort alive and to know how to pass all the security and get the sorcerer’s stone.

On the other hand Dumbledore advise the boys and help them give Harry the invisible cloak. On holiday he let Harry use the mirror of Erised and told him how it works. For a later occasion he has to use it. The nimbus two thousand for the Quidditch games. Dumbledore even he tells Harry he doesn’t need an invisible cloak to be invisible (I don’t need a cloak to become invisible 213). That tells us that he is watching every move they make and he is not a bit mad of they are doing, even we can think he is sometime with them when they are breaking school rules.

Now we are in the final moves in the game. Professor Quirrell succeed in making Harry, Ron and Hermione think that the one who want to steal the stone is Professor Snape. Quirrell learn how to pass all the traps on the way to the Sorcerer’s Stone, he is almost there. Harry, Ron, and Hermione find the way to pass Fluffy and get on the way to the stone before Quirrell get it. They pass the plant, pass the flying keys and there they are in a wizard chess where they are one of the pieces on the board. Ron manages to dominate the game and he saw the strategy, sacrifice for the other to save the stone, very brave of him. The other room, fire and bottles to their doom or to the next room Hermione solve the riddle and Harry went to the final room where fate awaits for presence. There they found that was not Snape. Quirrell couldn’t find the stone and there’s Dumbledore ultimate move, the checkmate to Voldemort. From early in the novel or game, Dumbledore teach Harry how to use the mirror of Erised. Dumbledore make an early strategy that would secure the triumph over Voldemort.

Dumbledore like Ron make strategies to succeed. Without any of Harry, Ron, Hermione or Dumbledore they would not make it. Like a game of chess you need all the pieces, even the pawns are a valuable piece in the way to succeed your purpose. Yet the “king” the great wizard Dumbledore needs help from pawns like Harry, Ron, and Hermione who did an excellent work and save the day. Until Hogwarts back in session!....